...of it had been received from General Grant, and also saying that I would like to see Halleck; the telegram ending with the question: Is it best for me to go to see you?
Next morning I sent back to Wright all the cavalry except one regiment, which escorted me through Manassas Gap to the terminus of the railroad from Washington.
I had with me Lieutenant-Colonel James W. Forsyth, chief-of-staff, and t...